The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-22
LOCAL ITEMS.
JAY II. MALTBY, Local Reporter

wheat, ol cents.
Business continues brisk at tho hotels.
Jas. McRae has things again in excellent
running order at his public rooms.
J. n Greincr has another nice little story
for contractors and builders in this issue. =
Will pay cash for three or four thousand
bushels of potatoes. Enquire at Depot.
Geese and ducks in large flocks can quite
often be seen flying over town nowadays.
Neil McLcod's family arrived Monday
night, and will make Bottineau their future
home.
An exchange says: "Luck is m ignis
fatuus. You may follow it to ruin ybut never
to success"
It will be a wonderful improvement to our
town when our two churches and new school
house is built.
B. w. Lair, of the Dunseith Times, can
tell some pretty big chestnuts about Rolette
county wheat.
Our popular sheriff, Pete Ferguson is doing
some great threshing upon the farms in the
vicinity of Bottineau.
The W. T. C. U. has 143 unions and 13
young women's unions in Dakota. These So
cieties contain 1000 paying members.
Freddy Tudhope, the right hand man of
Lair peper-the Dunseith Timcs-made q
brief visit to Bottineau last Monday.
Get your stoves up right away, for Old
King Borealis is beginning..t to get in his work
from the icy regions of the north pole.
Among the military visitors at this Office
during the week were-Maj. Makee. Meuts.
Lyman end Phillips, and Sergeant Lair
Geo. Mead is learning the tonsorial busi-
ness. Charlie Fyfe says he gives him piece
Of old iron sharpencd at one end, to practice
with.
| Thump Thump. "Come along with us and
report to the Captain for duty" "Y-e-s,
coming" replies the tired and sleepy SOL
dier. Accompaniment of fixed bayonets.
Ha! Ha! - 49,
.Cripples and disabled men were numerous
in town Monday morning Anxious inquir-
ers are referred to Walt Batesen and w
Strseter.
HID. Wilcox, editor Of the St. Johns Re-
cord, and one of the "boys in blue' present
during encampment week, was among those
who inspected the PIONEER Office during that
occasion.
The :.juice of tho grape was very. rare
(no pun) in Bottineau during encampment
week. We failed to discern any Of its ener-
waiting influences.
Business on the railroad continues as brisk
as ever. Occasionally Mr.. Peass catches .
little time to 60 hunting ducks and geese,
but it il not often.
M. O. Tibbitts is very. proud Of that new
safe just received by him from Canton, Ohio.
It is both fire and burglar proof, and adds
greatly to the inside appearance of his Office.
The PIONEER is little late this week, but
trusts that the large amount of reading mat,
ter which it gives its subscribers in this issue,
will recompense for the delay in getting to
press.
We hope none Of the military heroes who
were present here last week made any con-
quests among the fair sex Of our beautiful
village We could not tolerate such thing
just now. 49,.
The regular quarterly meeting Of the Bot
tineau Temperance Society takes place next
Tuesday evening. Officers are to be elected
for the coming quarter; good attendance il
expected. So. 49,
Rev. Theo. Tonnesson will hold services
next Sunday morning at IL o'clock at the
residence Of Louis Gorder. Services al
usual ut J. B. Sinclair's old store at II q. m.
and 7.s0 p. m. by Rev. Osmond. -
A good many Of our exchanges have late
ly been running that remarkable story, on
titled s'a delinquent tax list = Tho tax list
in Bottineau County this year is on the
wrong side Of the fence for the printer.
Judge Thompson has had some magnif-
cent potatoes on exhibition at his law office
the past week-the result of the premium Of
fered by him at our agricultural exhibit last
week, while the encampment was in full
blast. .s.. ... g.,
/. We lost sight of Chas. Taylor all last week,
but Mondaysnorning, when we had recover
cd our liberty we found q him looking the
same old picture Of health, rotundiness, and
good nature. His jokes have not deterior at
ed any in the least.
Judge Dana stayed by the encampment in
good shape, during the whole period Of its
existence. He was pretty busy, too, hut
doubtless felt fully recompensed when the
entire battalion expressed its gratitude to
him by three hearty cheers. The Judge
knew how to tickle the .'boys' appetites. =
We overheard lady remark-s.We were
awfully disappointed because the governor
did not visit us during the encampment, but,
III = Id -
work" Tommy Church, his exccllency' 8
son, undoubtedly, proved a good substitute
for weheard a young lady whisper that, be
was ''toocute for anything"
/ A pleasant social party was held Tuesday
evening at the McBrsyen Hotel, in honor Of
Mr.. John Siinrall, who will soon take his de.
parture for his old home in Kentucky. What
willswc do without .sUnclc john We are
disposed to rebel against the fates, but rs he
generally make things 60 his own way, all
We can do is to sorrowfully submit. Don't
forget us, 'sUncle john" in your far-away
southern home.
r. E. Champlin makes the dandy guard
we'll, We should smile. Say, Champlin, we
are preparing = manuscript, trimmed with
blue ribbons and old gold foil, which we will
send to Washington, as : petition to the au-
thorities to allow you . pension. A ncws.
paper man can be soldier, but he don't
stand any fooling when business comes be
fore pleasure. Put this in your pipe and
smoke it. 's-s... N. &5s$
Ye local editors Of ye presse in Bottineau
and Rolette counties can this week disposss
themselves in their easy chair with much
contentment Of spirit, and their smiles can b,